List of Persepolis F.C. players

Persepolis Football Club is a professional association football club based in Tehran, Iran.

Persepolis was founded in 1963 by Ali Abdo and has been in the first division of Iranian football since 1968. The club has played at its home ground, Azadi Stadium, since 1973. They contest the Tehran Derby against rival team Esteghlal, a match that is closely followed by Iranian football fans and considered to be one of the popular clubs in Asia,. According to the Asian Football Confederation, Persepolis is the most popular football club in Asia. At the AFC Champions League, 11 of the top 20 matches by attendance were played by Persepolis. Persepolis has also broken the record of 100,000 attendees in four matches at the AFC Champions League. Persepolis has won a record sixteen Iranian league titles, as well as seven Hazfi Cups, five Super Cups and the 1990–91 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. Many notable players have played for the club, including former Bundesliga players Ali Karimi, Ali Daei, Vahid Hashemian and Mehdi Mahdavikia. Ali Parvin, who spent 18 years with the club from 1970 to 1988, is widely regarded as the club's greatest player.

The list includes notable footballers who have played for Persepolis. Generally, this means players that have played at least 100 league matches for the club.

Key The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order. Appearances as a substitute are also included. Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 27 February 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving. + Positions keyGKGoalkeeperFBFull-backDFDefenderHBHalf-backMFMidfielderFWForward

World Cup Players

1978 FIFA World Cup Ali Parvin Mohammad Sadeghi Javad Allahverdi

1998 FIFA World Cup Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh Mehdi Mahdavikia Naeem Saadavi Afshin Peyrovani Nima Nakisa Reza Shahroudi Mehrdad Minavand

2006 FIFA World Cup Javad Kazemian Mehrzad Madanchi

2014 FIFA World Cup Jalal Hosseini Hossein Mahini Mehrdad Pooladi Reza Haghighi

2018 FIFA World Cup Alireza Beiranvand Vahid Amiri

2022 FIFA World Cup Alireza Beiranvand Morteza Pouraliganji Vahid Amiri Mehdi Torabi

2026 FIFA World Cup Payam Niazmand Hossein Kanaanizadegan Milad Mohammadi Ali Alipour Oston Urunov Igor Sergeev

Olympic Players

1972 Olympics Ali Parvin Ebrahim Ashtiani Jafar Kashani Safar Iranpak Mahmoud Khordbin

1976 Olympics Parviz Ghelichkhani Ali Parvin Bijan Zolfagharnassab Alireza Azizi

UEFA Euro Cup Players

UEFA Euro 2024 Giorgi Gvelesiani

AFC Asian Cup Players

1968 AFC Asian Cup Aziz Asli Jafar Kashani Hossein Kalani Homayoun Behzadi

1972 AFC Asian Cup Jafar Kashani Ebrahim Ashtiani Ali Parvin Homayoun Behzadi Hossein Kalani Safar Iranpak

1976 AFC Asian Cup Bijan Zolfagharnasab Ali Parvin Alireza Azizi

1980 AFC Asian Cup Mohammad Panjali Hamid Derakhshan

1984 AFC Asian Cup Behrouz Soltani Mohammad Panjali Zia Arabshahi Nasser Mohammadkhani Hamid Derakhshan Gholamreza Fathabadi

1988 AFC Asian Cup Morteza Fonounizadeh Karim Bavi Morteza Kermani Moghaddam Mojtaba Moharrami Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard Zia Arabshahi

1992 AFC Asian Cup Mojtaba Moharrami Hamid Estili Mohsen Ashouri Morteza Kermani Moghaddam Farshad Pious

1996 AFC Asian Cup Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh Naeem Saadavi Karim Bagheri Afshin Peyrovani Mojtaba Moharrami Mehdi Mahdavikia Nima Nakisa Mehrdad Minavand

2000 AFC Asian Cup Hamed Kavianpour Hamid Estili Esmail Halali Alireza Emamifar Ali Karimi Behrouz Rahbarifar Davoud Fanaei

2004 AFC Asian Cup Yahya Golmohammadi Hamed Kavianpour Ali Daei

2007 AFC Asian Cup Mehrzad Madanchi Hossein Kaebi Luay Salah

2011 AFC Asian Cup Gholamreza Rezaei Mohammad Nouri

2015 AFC Asian Cup Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh

2019 AFC Asian Cup Alireza Beiranvand Ahmad Nourollahi Mehdi Torabi Bashar Resan

2023 AFC Asian Cup Alireza Beiranvand Hossein Kanaanizadegan Mehdi Torabi Vahdat Hanonov

CONCACAF Gold Cup Players

2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Michael Umaña

Africa Cup of Nations Players

2012 Africa Cup of Nations Mamadou Tall

List of players Notable players with at least 3 seasons (6 half-seasons) and players who have played at least 100 appearances in the club are listed according to the date of their first-team official debut for the club. NatNamePositionPersepolis careerHamid JasemianDefender1968–69, 1970–72Aziz AsliGoalkeeper1968–71Hadi TavoosiGoalkeeper1968–69, 1970–74Hamid ShirzadeganForward1968–74Ebrahim AshtianiDefender1968–69, 1970–76Büyük VatankhahDefender1968–69, 1970–74Nazem GanjapourForward1968–69, 1970–72Jafar KashaniDefender1968–69, 1970–75Hossein KalaniForward1968–69, 1970–75Fereydoun MoeiniMidfielder1968–69, 1970–76Asghar AdibiMidfielder1968–80Reza VatankhahDefender1968–69, 1970–80Mahmoud KhordbinForward1969–80Homayoun BehzadiForward1968–69, 1970–75Mehrab ShahrokhiDefender1970–75Ali ParvinMidfielder1970–88Safar IranpakForward1970–80Esmaeil Haj RahimipourMidfielder1970–78Iraj SoleimaniForward1971–75Mohammad Reza KhalatbariMidfielder1971–78Bahram MavaddatGoalkeeper1973–76Mohammad DastjerdiMidfielder1973–78Javad AllahverdiDefender1974–81Yaghoub Fatemi MoghaddamDefender1974–79Alireza AziziMidfielder1975–79Bijan ZolfagharnasabDefender1975–79Mohammad DadkanDefender1975–83Mohammad Reza ZadmehrForward1975–90Mohammad Mayeli KohanMidfielder1976–90Vazgen SafarianGoalkeeper1977–81Mohammad PanjaliDefender1977–87, 1989–94Hamid DerakhshanMidfielder1977–87, 1992–94Majid SabziMidfielder1979–85Abbas KargarMidfielder1979–88Kazem SeyedalikhaniDefender1979–89Zia ArabshahiMidfielder1979–90Vahid GhelichGoalkeeper1980–92Nasser NouraeiForward1981–84Nasser MohammadkhaniForward1981–86, 1989–94Behrouz SoltaniGoalkeeper1981–89Gholamreza FathabadiForward1981–86Fariborz MoradiDefender1981–92Morteza FonounizadehDefender1985–92Farshad PiousForward1985–88, 1989–97Reza AbedianForward1985–90Rahim YousefiMidfielder1986–92Saeid NaeimabadiDefender1987–93Mohammad Hassan AnsarifardMidfielder1987–92Nader MohammadkhaniDefender1987–88, 1990–91, 1998–2000Karim BaviForward1987–91, 1992–93Mohsen AshouriMidfielder1987–92, 1993–97Morteza Kermani MoghaddamMidfielder1987–89, 1991, 1995–96Hossein AbdiMidfielder1987–2000Jamshid ShahmohammadiForward1987–88, 1993–95Mojtaba MoharramiDefender1988–97Hassan ShirmohammadiMidfielder1989–92, 1994–95Mohammad KhakpourDefender1990–95Hamid EstiliMidfielder1992–94, 1998–2004Behzad DadashzadehMidfielder1992–96Reza ShahroudiDefender1992–97, 1998–99, 2000–03Afshin PeyrovaniDefender1993–96, 1997–2004Ahmad Reza AbedzadehGoalkeeper1994–2001Majid Namjoo-MotlaghMidfielder1994–97Ali DaeiForward1994–96, 2003–04Behrouz RahbarifarDefender1994–2003, 2004–06Alireza EmamifarMidfielder1994–2000, 2003–05Nima NakisaGoalkeeper1994–96, 1997–99Reza TorabianMidfielder1995–97, 1998–99Naeim SaadaviDefender1995–99Yahya GolmohammadiDefender1995–99, 2002–05Esmaeil HalaliMidfielder1995–2002Mehrdad MinavandMidfielder1995–98, 2002–04Mehdi MahdavikiaMidfielder1995–99, 2012–13Karim BagheriMidfielder1996–97, 2002–10Edmond BezikForward1996–2001Mehdi HasheminasabDefender1997–2000Hamed KavianpourMidfielder1997–2002, 2003–06Davoud FanaeiGoalkeeper1998–2003, 2004–06Ali AnsarianDefender1998–2003, 2004–06Ali KarimiMidfielder1998–2001, 2008–09, 2011–13Payan RafatForward1999–2001, 2002–03Mohammad BarzegarDefender1999–2004Ebrahim AsadiMidfielder1999–2003, 2004–07Hassan KhanmohammadiDefender2000–2005Reza JabbariMidfielder2000–2005Sohrab EntezariForward2001–06Pejman JamshidiMidfielder2001–05Javad KazemianForward2003–06, 2011–13Sheys RezaeiDefender2003–08, 2009–12Mehrdad OladiForward2003–06, 2007, 2011–12Pejman NouriMidfielder2005–09Mehrzad MadanchiForward2005–07, 2012–13Mehdi VaeziGoalkeeper2006–09Alireza Vahedi NikbakhtForward2006–09Hossein BadamakiMidfielder2006–12Alireza HaghighiGoalkeeper2006–12, 2013Sepehr HeydariDefender2007–11Mohsen KhaliliForward2007–10Hamidreza AliasgariMidfielder2007–12, 2013–15Maziar ZareMidfielder2008–09, 2010–12Alireza MohammadDefender2008–12Hadi Norouzi 1Forward2008–13, 2014–15Mohammad NouriMidfielder2010–15Gholamreza RezaeiForward2010–13Alireza NourmohammadiDefender2010–16Hossein KanaanizadeganDefender2012–14, 2019–21, 2023–presentMohsen BengarDefender2012–16Jalal HosseiniDefender2012–14, 2016–22Hossein MahiniDefender2012–14, 2016–19Farshad AhmadzadehMidfielder2012–13, 2015–18, 2019, 2024–25Omid AlishahMidfielder2013–16, 2018–26Mohsen MosalmanMidfielder2013–14, 2015–18Mehdi TaremiForward2014–18Ahmad NourollahiMidfielder2014–16, 2017–21Ali AlipourForward2015–20, 2024–presentKamal KamyabiniaMidfielder2015–23Mohammad AnsariDefender2015–21Vahid AmiriMidfielder2016–18, 2019–25Alireza BeiranvandGoalkeeper2016–20, 2022–24Soroush RafieiMidfielder2017, 2019, 2022–26Shoja' KhalilzadehDefender2017–20Siamak NematiMidfielder2017–23Bashar ResanMidfielder2017–20Mehdi TorabiMidfielder2019–20, 2021–24Mehdi ShiriDefender2019–22Mehdi AbdiForward2019–23Farshad FarajiDefender2020–25Issa AlekasirForward2020–23, 2024–25Milad SarlakMidfielder2020–23, 2024–26Ali NematiDefender2021–24Giorgi GvelesianiDefender2022–25Morteza PouraliganjiDefender2022–26Saeid SadeghiMidfielder2022–25Mohammad OmriMidfielder2021–23, 2025–presentMohammad KhodabandelouMidfielder2024–presentOston UrunovMidfielder2024–present

1 He died of heart attack in sleep at the age of 30. He was captain of Persepolis at the time. the club decided to retire the squad number 24 forever in memory of him.

List of foreign players Bold players are/were National players.